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"Humor allows us to see that ultimately things don’t make sense. The only thing that truly makes..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:39 -0400

“Humor allows us to see that ultimately things don’t make sense. The only thing that truly makes sense is letting go of anything we continue to hold on to. Our ego-mind and emotions are a dramatic illusion. Of course, we all feel that they’re real: my drama, your drama, our confrontations. We create these elaborate scenarios and then react to them. But there is nothing really happening outside our mind! This is karma’s cosmic joke. You can laugh about the irony of this, or you can stick with your scenario. It’s your choice.”

- Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

"People will love you. People will hate you. And none of it will have anything to do with you."

Sun, 12 May 2013 13:16:08 -0400

“People will love you. People will hate you. And none of it will have anything to do with you.”

- Abraham Hicks

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Sun, 12 May 2013 13:16:00 -0400

elige: awakeningourtruth: Truth is so much more entertaining...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:55:47 -0400

elige:

awakeningourtruth:

Truth is so much more entertaining :-)

Awakening Our Truth

This is how our solar system really moves. We are not caught in a flat disc-like rotation.. but we rather fly through the galaxy in a corkscrew motion.

image from the May 1981 issue of Desert Magazine

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:26:35 -0400

image from the May 1981 issue of Desert Magazine

Pictured: Pregnant orangutan clinging to the last remaining...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:28:59 -0400

Pictured: Pregnant orangutan clinging to the last remaining forest tree after bulldozers clear jungle to make way for oil plantation

Heartwrenching scenes as frightened animals lose habitat in Borneo

Many left starving and on brink of death by destruction of trees

Rescuers stun them with anesthetic guns and capture them in nets

Petrified and starving, a desperate orangutan clings defiantly to the last tree standing in her forest before it is completely destroyed and turned into a palm oil plantation.

Minutes later, the majestic creature is stunned by an anesthetic gun and falls into a net, taken away by rescuers.

She was one of several orangutans saved from probable death in Borneo due to the deforestation which threatens their existence.

Among those rescued were a pregnant female and a mother and baby who refused to let go of each other during their ordeal.

Rescuers from UK charity International Animal Rescue (IAR) and the local forestry department in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, moved in to save the creatures.

The frightened animals were desperately searching for food and had even resorted to eating bark from the trees they were trying to hide in.

One female orangutan was heavily pregnant, while another, who was still lactating, is thought to have had her baby snatched to be sold as a pet or killed before the rescue team arrived.

The final female was found with her scared baby clinging to her back and both were very thin from malnutrition.

All are now recovering and have since been released into a new area of forest but IAR is now urging a halt to any further land clearing because it is believed that there are other orangutans still trapped.

Karmele Llano Sanchez of IAR Indonesia said: ‘We were appalled at the condition of these orangutans.

‘All of them had gone through long periods of starvation before we rescued them.

‘The area where they were found was too small to provide them with sufficient food because the company had cleared most of the forest.

‘One of the orangutans had lost her baby, which was probably killed before the rescue team arrived.

‘More orangutans could die if this company does not take immediate action.’

‘It is heartbreaking to see the state of these animals.

‘They are weak from hunger and an increasingly desperate search for food.

‘The only positive note is that, on this occasion, rather than chasing them away or killing them, the palm oil company did the right thing and contacted us so we could move them to a place of safety.’

Palm oil is an ingredient found in up to half of processed foods, and is also increasingly being used as a biofuel in petrol tanks and power stations.

The expansion of oil palm plantations into high conservation value forests is recognized as a leading threat to critically endangered species including orangutans, elephants and tigers.

adoptpets: Do your part by not buying products & food with palm oil in it—check ingredients. Think about the plight of these poor orangutans & other wildlife before you buy that processed cookie/muffin/cupcake etc.. & also

Click here to donate to IAR & sponsor an orangutan today

J.R. Douglass, Avalanching traction flow on dune, White Sands...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:18:10 -0400

J.R. Douglass, Avalanching traction flow on dune, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, 1966

Humans are biologically herbivorous

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:29:31 -0400

Humans are biologically herbivorous

headandstomachaches: Separation of a cow and her calf. This is...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:10:29 -0400

headandstomachaches:

Separation of a cow and her calf. This is a clip from a French documentary about the realities behind farmed animals. Watch as the mother cow chases down the van kidnapping her calf. It’s one of the most heart-breaking things I’ve ever witnessed. And she must endure this over and over and over and over again until she’s slaughtered for meat.

whirra: These Icebergs have been found in West Iceland where...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:52:16 -0400

whirra:

These Icebergs have been found in West Iceland where some of The Icebergs have changed color due to the sun.

~ ~ hummus farts ~ ~

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Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:40:00 -0400

wuts u doin

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:33:00 -0400

wuts u doin

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Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:20:54 -0400

"If you magnify your limitations you create your own prisons."

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:18:22 -0400

““If you magnify your limitations you create your own prisons.””

- Seth

what do you do when you’re now twenty2

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:14:46 -0400

what do you do
when you’re now twenty2

"Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:21:54 -0400

“Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.”

arizonanature: Monsoon weather!

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:21:09 -0400

arizonanature:

Monsoon weather!

"Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is..."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:41:47 -0400

“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.”

- Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths